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It’s over. Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY), the parent company of MoviePass, announced today that they’re pulling the plug on the famed monthly movie ticket subscription service which offered unlimited tickets for $9.95 a month.
HMNY today said that it formed a strategic review committee comprised of independent…

In the latest round of belt-tightening to hit WarnerMedia, subsidiary Otter Media’s online video network Rooster Teeth has laid off 13% of its total workforce, or about 50 employees.
CEO Matt Hullum relayed the news to the staff Thursday, calling it “a tough day … unlike any moment of organizational change we have…

EXCLUSIVE: The Mayor alum Bernard David Jones, Laci Mosley(Florida Girls) and Jerry Minor(Dr. Ken) are set as leads in Eko's upcoming digital series Scroll Wheel of Time, the first show ordered under the new multiseries partnership between creative studio Bullitt and the interactive entertainment platform. Rounding…

Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form video platform, has announced a partnership with BBC News to produce an original daily international news show aimed at millennials. It’s slated to launch in April 2020. With the partnership, BBC News becomes the international news producer for Quibi's curated…

BET Networks has tapped former theGrio executive Amy DuBois Barnett as Senior Vice President and General Manager of BET Digital. In her role, Barnett will oversee all aspects of digital content of BET non-linear platforms, BET's digital and social strategy, content development, social programming, editorial, business…

Apple is bringing back a re-imagined version of Sesame Workshop’s 1990s kids series Ghostwriter. The reboot was announced today during the company's product event at its Cupertino headquarters.
Written and directed by Luke Matheny (The Dangerous Book for Boys), in the re-imagined Ghostwriter, when a ghost haunts a…

Apple finally released details for its forthcoming streaming service, Apple TV+, setting a launch date of November 1 and an introductory price of $4.99 per month.
The service will roll out its first original series at launch and then add more originals every month, CEO Tim Cook said during the company’s product event…

Viacom’s BET Networks and Tyler Perry Studios today announced a September 19 U.S. launch date for BET+, their joint venture and premier subscription video-on demand service.
Priced at $9.99 per month, BET+ will feature more than 1,000 hours of content, including exclusive new original programming, series, movies, and…

Imagine partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer both take an upbeat view of the changes reshaping Hollywood, arguing that streaming has unmatched global reach even though it has altered theatrical releasing.
The pair kicked off Toronto’s five-day industry conference section with an hour-long conversation. They hit on…

Multi-faceted media company Studio71 has acquired more than 50 individual streaming apps from Unreel Entertainment across the automotive, lifestyle, comedy, gaming and kids and family categories.
The purchase gives Studio71, a unit of Red Arrow Studios, a portfolio of more than 200 total apps, making it a leading…

Since tightening its controls on content in an effort to limit hate speech in June, YouTube says it removed 17,000 channels and 100,000 videos in the second quarter, both fivefold increases over previous periods.
In a blog post Tuesday, the company said it has also reduced views on videos that are later removed for…

Oscar-winning actor Christoph Waltz is set to co-star opposite Liam Hemsworth in Quibi’s Untitled Action Thriller from Scorpion creator Nick Santora, producer Gordon Gray, Silver Reel Pictures and CBS Television Studios.
In the series, desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his…